Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-04-22
Fishing Expedition.
The boys sat on the banks so wet,
From whence the fish had fed,
But there they 'sot and sot" and set
For the fish had all been fed.

The boys sat on the banks 80 wet,
From whence the fish had fed,
But there they 'sot and sot' and set
For the fish had all been fed.
OBSERVER.
There is a time in the early spring
of each year if you let 90 by, yonr OPP
portunity for "going fishing" is in the
past for that year. The writer had
his attention called to this fact on
Saturday April the 9th by DR.. Clar-
ence Anderson and decided to be off
at once. So on Monday April the
18th we harnessed up Ely Perkins to
sewing machine wagon, loaded in
our tackle and by 8 o'clock the Doc
tor and l and Henry our colored body
guard were on the road to that cele-
brated bass stream Pond river. We
stopped at West Meacham's for
drink of water. To the Doctors
great delight West filled one of our
minnow buckets with splendid APP
Piles. And we appropriated them to
the purpose for which they were
grown. Our next stop was at Will
liam's creek where we fed Ely and
tried to procure some minnows but
there were SO many rocks for them to
hide under that our efforts were not
crowned with the success that we
thought we deserved. The next point
we desired to make was Weathers'
branch, where we knew the finny
tribe gamboled in untold numbers on
the clear gravelly rifles. And we
were not disappointed, for as
soon as we hitched Ely and ap-
preached the stream the exclamation
involuntarily broke forth from every
one, "Look at them Here's thous-
and Aren't they daisies?" and they
we're as fine minnows as any fisher
man could wish for, just the right
size aud as frisky as a fifteen year
old girl with her first beau. In the
shortest possible time the Doctor and
our body guard were in with the net
after them. Then followed a half
hour of exciting sport during which
time the Doctor and the boy slipped
up ON the slick rocks and got several
duckings. But every fisherman knows
that this is part of a fishing program
and we didn't mind it, for at the end
of this time we had two buckets full
of as pretty minnows as ever tempted
the palate of Pond river bass. And
now while the wet clothing was being
exchanged for dry we sat down and
looked around us on the scenes of our
boyhood days. Here just below us
is heap of stones in a field where
in the days of youth, maple sap was
boiled down to sugar. Our memory
travelled back to the time when this
field was maple grove, with spile
and a trough at each tree, and the
sop dripping tip, tip, tip, from early
morn until dewy eve, and the sweet
smelling stream greeted our oifaotory
nerves. And here too is the same
laughing little streamlet leaping and
splashing down the steep rocky hill,
as it makes its way from the springs
on top the hill at Mr.. Frank Peppers
house TO the beautiful minnow stream
where we are. But we are all ready
to move-so our reverie must end
here for the present. So we climbed
out of this beautiful dell up the steep
hill to MIR. Peppers house where we
are met by our friends and, am
proud TO say kinspeoplc, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pepper, and enjoyed their pure
and unfeigned hospitality. But | must
say cousin Lucy looked like she was
pleased when she saw il was
not Gus Boales with me, for you must
recollect took him down with me
last spring and he displayed his abili-
ty sc;. s.esing away grnb to a degree
that was amazing to us all. But the
Doctor | think made reputation in
this direction that Mr.. Boales will
envy. Tuesday morning Ely car
ried us to Johnson's Mill by IL o'clock
and we were at it in very short
time. The Doctor located himself on
some rocks just below the dam and
he picture lie made reminded me Of
some huge spider. He the body, and J